Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Disappointment, promises, and blues....
This blog has been around for a year or so and I've made these illustrious promises of taking you on a Caribbean adventure....I was supposed to leave months ago....but I am still here....! Don't abandon me my friends....I promise that I will take you that I WILL embark on the journey and will take you with me .... soon............!
Monday, July 16, 2012
You just thought that I went away........!
No......I'm here.......I've missed you all. There's been alot going on in my world in the last couple of months but unfortunately none of it is interesting and not "blog worthy". Last Thursday July 14, 2012 was somewhat of a landmark day for me.....on that day I sold the last piece of my old life and now own nothing but my boat and a few clothes and my old truck......feels good!! REAL GOOD!
The plan to be outta here and start cruising by Spring 2012 has not happened. I'm still in Seabrook, Texas trying to get the boat ready. Now that hurricane season here, we will not be able to leave until after the first of the year........probably February or March 2013......just a year behind schedule....not too bad....really. Nobody ever leaves for cruising on schedule the first time out. That we are still going is what matters.
The teak deck is all off and the hundreds of screw holes have been filled with epoxy and the deck has been pretty well prepped for the new non-skid paint and guess what?? The company from whom I purchased the first batch of the DOVE GRAY non-skid paint that I was so happy with has gone out of business!! They have dropped off the planet....no website, no email, no phone number......AW CRAP! if you know what I mean. In retrospect, I think that they were probably a reseller of the paint. They most likely purchased it from the manufacturer in big batches and re-packaged it in quarts and gallons for the recreational market.....I think!! So now my quest is to find that manufacturer if there is one and try to secure some paint......if that doesn't happen, I will have to redo those parts of the deck that are already done with whatever new non-skid paint that I find. AARRGHHH!!
Y'all take care.....Next blog will have some pics..........seeya
The plan to be outta here and start cruising by Spring 2012 has not happened. I'm still in Seabrook, Texas trying to get the boat ready. Now that hurricane season here, we will not be able to leave until after the first of the year........probably February or March 2013......just a year behind schedule....not too bad....really. Nobody ever leaves for cruising on schedule the first time out. That we are still going is what matters.
The teak deck is all off and the hundreds of screw holes have been filled with epoxy and the deck has been pretty well prepped for the new non-skid paint and guess what?? The company from whom I purchased the first batch of the DOVE GRAY non-skid paint that I was so happy with has gone out of business!! They have dropped off the planet....no website, no email, no phone number......AW CRAP! if you know what I mean. In retrospect, I think that they were probably a reseller of the paint. They most likely purchased it from the manufacturer in big batches and re-packaged it in quarts and gallons for the recreational market.....I think!! So now my quest is to find that manufacturer if there is one and try to secure some paint......if that doesn't happen, I will have to redo those parts of the deck that are already done with whatever new non-skid paint that I find. AARRGHHH!!
Y'all take care.....Next blog will have some pics..........seeya
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